Answer first
How much does a business advisor cost?
Business advisor cost depends on cadence, access, scope, and risk. With Stan, 1:1 business work starts at $1,500/month; larger advisory, consulting, collaboration, ownership, partner, board, leadership, or cross-functional work is quoted by scope; the one-time focused session is a smaller option only when one session fits.
Know the cost range. Choose the paid path.
If the decision is already live, do not keep collecting pricing trivia. Pick the route that fits the size of the business problem.
Do not compare only hourly rates. Compare what the decision needs: one focused conversation, recurring 1:1 work, or a larger scoped engagement where more people, access, and consequence are involved.
Recurring owner-level decisions, pressure, team, money, growth, and operating rhythm.
Cadence, access, decision frequency, and how much judgment needs to move.
Starts at $1,500/month.
Advisory, consulting, collaboration, ownership, partner, board, leadership, or cross-functional work.
Scope, stakeholders, risk, access, timeline, and how much of the business is involved.
Quoted after scope.
Work with me after the situation is clear.
A contained business decision that can be handled in one pass.
One owner, one decision, limited context, no ongoing operating cadence.
one-time once, secondary and page-specific.
Use only when one session actually fits.
Production labor, delivery staffing, media buying, build work, or managed delivery.
Delivery team, tools, production volume, and operating responsibility.
Separate buying decision.
Choose an execution provider after the business decision is settled.
ST business work can help decide what should be done and why. It is not the delivery crew. Very useful distinction. Expensive when ignored.
Decision shortcut
Use this with the ways-to-work page to choose whether the situation needs recurring 1:1 work, quoted larger scope, or a smaller focused session.
The wrong price is not always the expensive part. The wrong first move usually is.
Use cost to choose the rhythm
- A lower price is not useful if the business problem needs recurring judgment.
- A monthly route fits when the same kind of decision keeps coming back.
- A quoted scope fits when board, ownership, leadership, or cross-functional consequences are involved.
- A one-time session fits only when the decision is contained enough to handle in one focused pass.